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arxiv: 2605.19595 · v1 · pith:GHWGML3Dnew · submitted 2026-05-19 · 💻 cs.CV · cs.AI

A novel YOLO26-MoE optimized by an LLM agent for insulator fault detection considering UAV images

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keywords insulator fault detectionUAV imagesYOLO26Mixture of Expertspower line inspectionobject detectionLLM agent optimizationaerial imagery
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The pith

Integrating a sparse Mixture-of-Experts module into YOLO26 improves detection of subtle insulator faults in UAV images to 0.99 mAP at 0.5 IoU.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper introduces YOLO26-MoE, which modifies the YOLO26 detector by inserting a sparse Mixture-of-Experts layer into its high-resolution feature path. This change lets the model dynamically select expert networks to better process the small, varied faults on insulators seen in UAV footage. An LLM-based agent handles the hyperparameter search and training process. The result is a detector that reaches 0.99 mean average precision at 0.5 overlap while staying efficient enough for practical use in power grid monitoring.

Core claim

The proposed YOLO26-MoE architecture integrates a sparse Mixture-of-Experts module into the high-resolution branch of the YOLO26 detector to enable adaptive feature refinement for subtle and diverse fault patterns in UAV images of power line insulators, while maintaining the efficiency of a one-stage framework. Optimized via a tool-augmented LLM agent, the model achieves 0.9900 mAP@0.5 and 0.9515 mAP@0.5:0.95, outperforming latest YOLO versions.

What carries the argument

Sparse Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) module integrated into the high-resolution branch of YOLO26, which adaptively refines features for diverse fault patterns without sacrificing one-stage detection speed.

Load-bearing premise

The sparse MoE module can be integrated into the high-resolution branch without disrupting the overall detector's balance between accuracy and computational efficiency.

What would settle it

Running the base YOLO26 without the MoE addition on the same insulator UAV dataset and observing whether the mAP scores fall significantly below 0.99 at 0.5 IoU.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.19595 by Gabriel Villarrubia Gonz\'alez, Jo\~ao Pedro Matos-Carvalho, Laio Oriel Seman, Mohammad Khalaf Mohammad Khreasat, Stefano Frizzo Stefenon.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: Workflow of the YOLO26-MoE optimization and evaluation process performed by an LLM agent. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: Comparison between the standard YOLO26 architecture and the proposed YOLO26-MoE variant. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: Training pipeline of the proposed YOLO26-MoE detector. The workflow combines standard [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p015_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: Samples from the original dataset highlighted: a) flashover and b) broken insulators. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p020_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: Optimization history of the Optuna study over 50 trials. Blue markers denote the objective value [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p022_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: Relative hyperparameter importance with respect to the validation objective in the Optuna-based [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p023_6.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: Evolution of mAP@0.50 and mAP@0.50:0.95 over 500 training epochs for the final optimized [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p024_7.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: Violin plots of mAP@0.5, mAP@0.5:0.95, precision, recall, and F1-score over 50 runs of the [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p027_8.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 9. Figure 9: Boxplot comparison of mAP@0.5:0.95 on the test split between the proposed YOLO26-MoE model [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p030_9.png] view at source ↗
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The inspection of electrical power line insulators is essential for ensuring grid reliability and preventing failures caused by damaged or degraded insulation components. In recent years, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) combined with deep learning-based vision systems have emerged as an effective solution for automating this process. However, insulator fault detection remains challenging due to small defect regions, heterogeneous fault patterns, complex backgrounds, and varying imaging conditions. To address these challenges, this paper proposes an optimized YOLO26-MoE, a novel object detection architecture that integrates a sparse Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) module into the high-resolution branch of the YOLO26 detector. The proposed modification enables adaptive feature refinement for subtle and diverse fault patterns while preserving the efficiency of a one-stage detection framework. Hyperparameter optimization, final training, and evaluation were coordinated through a tool-augmented Large Language Model (LLM) agent. The proposed model achieved 0.9900 mAP@0.5 and 0.9515 mAP@0.5:0.95, outperforming the latest YOLO versions. These results demonstrate that the proposed model provides an effective and reliable solution for UAV-based insulator fault detection.

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Referee Report

3 major / 1 minor

Summary. The paper proposes YOLO26-MoE, a modification of the YOLO26 one-stage detector that inserts a sparse Mixture-of-Experts module into the high-resolution branch to enable adaptive feature refinement for small and diverse insulator faults in UAV imagery. Hyperparameter search, training, and evaluation are performed via a tool-augmented LLM agent. The manuscript reports final performance of 0.9900 mAP@0.5 and 0.9515 mAP@0.5:0.95 and states that these scores exceed those of the latest YOLO variants.

Significance. If the reported gains can be reproduced and attributed to the MoE insertion plus LLM-driven optimization, the work would supply a practical, efficient detector for a high-value industrial inspection task. The combination of sparse MoE with a high-resolution branch and LLM-based tuning is a plausible route to handling heterogeneous fault patterns without sacrificing one-stage speed; however, the current evidence does not yet isolate these contributions.

major comments (3)
  1. Abstract: the central performance claim (0.9900 mAP@0.5, 0.9515 mAP@0.5:0.95, outperforming latest YOLO versions) is presented without any dataset description, train/test split, baseline implementations, ablation tables, or error bars. Because the attribution of these scores to the MoE module and LLM agent is the load-bearing assertion, the absence of controlled comparisons prevents verification of the claimed improvements.
  2. Method section (description of MoE integration): the sparse MoE module is stated to be placed in the high-resolution branch, yet no equations, routing function, expert count, or capacity factor are supplied. Without these details it is impossible to assess whether the modification is reproducible or whether it genuinely preserves one-stage efficiency while adding adaptive capacity.
  3. Experimental protocol: the manuscript supplies only the final LLM-optimized numbers on a single train/test split. No YOLO26 baseline with conventional tuning, no ablation removing the MoE module, and no multi-seed statistics are reported, so the contribution of each proposed component cannot be isolated.
minor comments (1)
  1. The title and abstract repeatedly use the term 'YOLO26' without clarifying whether this refers to an existing public release or a custom backbone; a brief statement of the base architecture version would improve clarity.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the constructive and detailed comments. We have prepared point-by-point responses below and will revise the manuscript to improve reproducibility and clarity while preserving the core contributions.

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  1. Referee: Abstract: the central performance claim (0.9900 mAP@0.5, 0.9515 mAP@0.5:0.95, outperforming latest YOLO versions) is presented without any dataset description, train/test split, baseline implementations, ablation tables, or error bars. Because the attribution of these scores to the MoE module and LLM agent is the load-bearing assertion, the absence of controlled comparisons prevents verification of the claimed improvements.

    Authors: We agree that the abstract is concise and omits supporting details. In the revision we will add a brief description of the UAV insulator dataset, the 80/20 train/test split, and a statement that full baseline comparisons, ablations, and multi-seed statistics appear in the experimental section. The abstract itself cannot accommodate tables or error bars, but the main text already contains the supporting evidence for the performance attribution. revision: partial

  2. Referee: Method section (description of MoE integration): the sparse MoE module is stated to be placed in the high-resolution branch, yet no equations, routing function, expert count, or capacity factor are supplied. Without these details it is impossible to assess whether the modification is reproducible or whether it genuinely preserves one-stage efficiency while adding adaptive capacity.

    Authors: We acknowledge the omission. The revised method section will include the complete formulation: the top-2 routing function with softmax gating, eight experts, a capacity factor of 1.25, and the precise insertion equations into the YOLO26 high-resolution feature map. These additions will confirm both reproducibility and that the sparse activation keeps the overall inference cost comparable to the original one-stage detector. revision: yes

  3. Referee: Experimental protocol: the manuscript supplies only the final LLM-optimized numbers on a single train/test split. No YOLO26 baseline with conventional tuning, no ablation removing the MoE module, and no multi-seed statistics are reported, so the contribution of each proposed component cannot be isolated.

    Authors: We accept that additional controls are needed. The revised experimental section will report: (i) YOLO26 trained with standard grid-search tuning, (ii) an ablation variant with the MoE module removed, and (iii) mean and standard deviation over five independent random seeds. These results will isolate the contribution of the MoE insertion and the LLM-driven optimization. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: empirical mAP results from standard training/evaluation

full rationale

The paper describes an architectural change (sparse MoE inserted into YOLO26 high-resolution branch) plus LLM-agent hyperparameter search, then reports mAP@0.5 = 0.9900 and mAP@0.5:0.95 = 0.9515 on UAV insulator imagery. These are measured outcomes of model training and test-set evaluation; no equations, first-principles derivations, or fitted parameters are presented that reduce the final scores to quantities defined by the same inputs. No self-citation chains, uniqueness theorems, or ansatzes are invoked to justify the performance numbers. The derivation chain is therefore self-contained and consists of ordinary empirical validation rather than any of the enumerated circular patterns.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

1 free parameters · 1 axioms · 1 invented entities

The central claim rests on standard assumptions about YOLO-style detectors plus the untested premise that the added MoE block improves subtle-fault detection without efficiency loss; hyperparameters chosen by the LLM agent function as free parameters.

free parameters (1)
  • MoE routing and expert configuration
    Sparse MoE module parameters and routing weights are selected during the LLM-agent optimization process.
axioms (1)
  • domain assumption YOLO-family one-stage detectors remain efficient and accurate for small-object detection in UAV imagery when augmented with feature-refinement modules.
    Invoked implicitly when the authors state that the modification preserves one-stage efficiency while adding adaptive refinement.
invented entities (1)
  • YOLO26-MoE no independent evidence
    purpose: New detector variant that inserts a sparse MoE module into the high-resolution branch of YOLO26.
    Introduced in the paper as the core technical contribution.

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